VOA标准英语2008年-South Korean Tourist Shot Dead By North Korean

South Korea has suspended a high profile tourist program to North Korea after a North Korean soldier shot and killed a South Korean woman on holiday at the special tourism enclave. The woman was apparently¹ intruding² in a restricted area off limits to South Korean visitors. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, the shooting took place just hours before a speech by the South Korean president calling for reconciliation³ with Pyongyang.
　
Park Wang-ja (file photo)

Doctors say South Korean tourist Park Wang-ja, a 53 year-old female, was fatally shot in the chest and leg by a North Korean soldier Friday in the North's Kumggang Mountain resort area.

South Korean Unification Ministry⁴ Spokesman Kim Ho-nyoun says the woman was apparently trespassing⁵ in an off-limits area.

He says the Hyundai Asan corporation, which runs the tourism area, informed the ministry Park was shot after entering a military-only zone. He says the South Korean government is very sorry about the incident. The South Korean official later said the tourist program had been suspended.

The Kumgangsan tourism zone was launched in 1998. It was built and is managed entirely⁶ by South Korea, and has been celebrated⁷ as one of the successes of South Korean engagement with the reclusive North.

Visitors to the zone are limited to clearly marked areas, and permitted no contact with nearby North Korean villages. Checkpoints, fences, and barbed wire are in abundance to ensure separation.

Details of Park's shooting are unclear at this point, including whether she knew she was trespassing, and how much warning she did or did not receive before being shot. All current visitors to the zone are expected to return to South Korea by Saturday.
　
President Lee Myung-bak delivers a speech to the nation at the opening session of the 18th National Assembly in Seoul, 11 Jul 2008

For South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, the shooting could hardly have come at a more ironic⁸ time. Mr. Lee addressed the South Korean parliament Friday, calling for a new chapter in North-South relations.

Mr. Lee told lawmakers full dialogue between the two Koreas must resume. He says the South Korean government is willing to engage in serious consultations⁹ on how to implement¹⁰ past summit deals, and cooperate in relieving the North's food shortages.

North Korea has repeated called President Lee a "traitor¹¹" after he linked humanitarian¹² aid to the North to progress on getting rid of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons.

Mr. Lee, already suffering from low popularity related to negotiations¹³ over U.S. beef imports, may face more criticism for making the North Korea speech within hours of the shooting without mentioning it at all.

　

 

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 intruding   

v.侵入，侵扰，打扰( intrude的现在分词)；把…强加于

参考例句：

• Does he find his new celebrity intruding on his private life? 他是否感觉到他最近的成名侵扰了他的私生活？
• After a few hours of fierce fighting,we saw the intruding bandits off. 经过几小时的激烈战斗，我们赶走了入侵的匪徒。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 trespassing   

[法]非法入侵

参考例句：

• He told me I was trespassing on private land. 他说我在擅闯私人土地。
• Don't come trespassing on my land again. 别再闯入我的地界了。

6 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

7 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

8 ironic   

adj.讽刺的，有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的

参考例句：

• That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
• People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”，但他们是在挖苦我。

9 consultations   

n.磋商（会议）( consultation的名词复数 )；商讨会；协商会；查找

参考例句：

• Consultations can be arranged at other times by appointment. 磋商可以通过预约安排在其他时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Consultations are under way. 正在进行磋商。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

11 traitor   

n.叛徒，卖国贼

参考例句：

• The traitor was finally found out and put in prison.那个卖国贼终于被人发现并被监禁了起来。
• He was sold out by a traitor and arrested.他被叛徒出卖而被捕了。

12 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

13 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。